Xiao Man sorted the antiques she had acquired into first, second, and third tiers. She photographed the first and second-tier items and mailed the pictures to her grandfather in Beijing, just to give him a first look at her novel finds. She wasn't in a hurry to sell them, deciding to wait until she went to Beijing during her school vacation.
As for the third-tier items, she first absorbed eighty percent of the Spiritual Energy they contained, leaving the remaining twenty percent to continue nourishing the objects themselves. Afterward, she found time to make a trip to the provincial city, where she located an antique shop, had the items appraised, and sold the entire lot to secure a sum of money.
